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- From: aahz@netcom.com (Mean Green Dancing Machine)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases
- Subject: Re: How About COMP.DATABASES.PARADOX ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.191723.5056@netcom.com>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 19:17:23 GMT
- Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Nov18.191723.5056
- References: <1992Nov16.082944.7362@pony.Ingres.COM> <1992Nov17.213222.22530@anasaz> <mr.722063992@ogre>
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- In article <mr.722063992@ogre> mr@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (Michael Regoli) writes:
- >
- >However, in the Grand Scheme of Things, it should probably look
- >something like "comp.databases.ibmpc" from which, if traffic allows:
- >
- > comp.databases.ibmpc.dbase comp.databases.ibmpc.pdox
- > comp.databases.ibmpc.foxpro comp.databases.ibmpc.pcfile
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- The problem with this architecture is that dBase, for one, can also be
- used on a Mac or Unix box. How does Windows fit into this? Windows/NT?
- OS/2? With more and more applications ported to multiple OSs, it makes
- little sense to ghettoize applications this way, even if they currently
- run on only one platform.
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